AI gene editing tools have power to modify human DNA, say researchers | BBC News

New advancements in artificial intelligence have the capacity to deliver major breakthroughs in cancer therapy.
AI-powered protein design company Profluent used AI to make an open-source gene editor called OpenCRISPR-1.
OpenCRISPR-1 can create molecules with the power to edit the human genome, according to Profluent.
Profluent's aim is to develop gene editors that are more operative than existing biological mechanisms, especially mechanisms that prevent illnesses like cancer and fight viruses.
AI presenter Priya Lakhani joins The Context to explain this development in health and technology.
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[@luizbattistel155]

At the pharmacy store: Id like a hot body and a faster metabolism please

[@worfoz]

Try being a bird. Core temperature in birds ranges between 34 and 44 °C, much hotter than in mammalians. And they have nice feathers too.

[@CR-og5ho]

2 non problems. Eat less wtf

[@worfoz]

@@CR-og5ho How much wtf is too much? a yard? or a bunch?

[@goarmysleepinthemud.]

@@CR-og5ho Why does that bother you how much they eat? Why do you feel the need to control the choices of others? Weird.

[@CR-og5ho]

@@goarmysleepinthemud. It doesn't bother me, I just find it baffling. If the only things I wanted to change about my body were things I had control over I would just change them myself, wouldn't you? Anybody can get in shape and eat less to offset a slow metabolism, you don't need fancy new technology for those things.

[@Makvandar]

Finally, improvements in this area.

[@Nakatoa0taku]

That's human extinction 🤷 Well done copy chad part of a psyop aimed to brainwash AI training them with your flawed comments. Dumbest psyop run by the dumbest people leading to the dumbest form of human extinction. Slow clap Finally yet another way to extinct humanity

[@Chad-bp3hm]

They keep talking but I don't see anything besides a computer that can win at go and chess.😂 That was years ago😂

[@antoniofuller2331]

​@@Chad-bp3hm I'm amazed it can win at Go, since it's more complex than Chess

[@retchie7355]

Im a simple man, modify me so i can reach all of my back when it itches..

[@argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351]

*Biologist removes back*

[@takumithao1992XD]

*Chinese geneticist adds extra long arms*

[@noahlovotti7722]

Im a complex man. Modify me so i can stop aging.

[@antoniofuller2331]

​@@noahlovotti7722not possible, if the genes responsible for that are edited even slightly the person will die instantly. If it's as if someone knew we would eventually get to this level, so plans were put in place

[@PossibleBat]

I hope I can heal my autoimmune disorder with this, but I’m afraid technophobes will pose a problem, calling it eugenics or something. I just want to be healthy and live without pain

[@Silentgunner555]

I mean, it would be by definition no? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ISirSmoke]

if they are talking about it, then it has been happening for years

[@GarrickHolmed]

I wonder about that sometimes. One would think secret programs would have the cutting edge AI. I don’t think that’s true though.

[@eclectic_gamer]

when they say we are thinking about doing X, it means we are already doing X and we want to test the water to see if the public will accept it

[@curiositycloset2359]

Since 2020, to be precise

[@happykitten5695]

Knowledge/Wisdom is Powerful and is/has been used to Control "us" for a very, very long "time". longer than "we" may/might even imagine. 🙏🕊❤‍🔥

[@ollyfoxcam]

@@eclectic_gamer This is happening regardless of whether or not the public accept.

[@e.v.k.3632]

And where are my superpowers from gene editing? I want them now

[@oldmech619]

Modifications of our dna, we will soon no longer be called human.

[@elmaschimba963]

Nobody in this world has “superpowers”

[@glvbukz897]

@@elmaschimba963Well I have telepathic powers

[@Arctic-fox717]

Same here

[@Tocktail]

CRISPR was created back in 2012 that is 12 years ago because we are currently living in 2024.

[@JeffreySmith7777]

Western MSM seems to forget certain things.

[@takumithao1992XD]

I remember China jumped on it when it first came out. As to this day, China still has no real restrictions when it comes to genetic engineering, the world may be 10-20 years behind now considering how they operate.

[@John858_]

So they said. It’s probably decades older than that

[@plafar7887]

​@@John858_No, it's not.

[@RakutenZero]

​@@takumithao1992XDnah, they need advanced AI to leap frog which is something they're struggling to get even today due to trade restrictions.

[@TheBoilingWater]

Hope AI technology can speed up the finding of the solution in treating autoimmune diseases, Leukemia, and autism.

[@General_Alek]

autism isn't a disease

[@DebateMind-eu9ic]

@@General_Alek God malfunction?

[@Dodomba]

why treat autism ... most time it does a good job

[@General_Alek]

@@DebateMind-eu9ic God has autism

[@squamish4244]

@@General_Alek No, but most autistic people would like to change that at least somewhat. And people with global autism are barely functional. That's a disease.

[@Irvs94]

Every time i see the thumbnail, i think im about to watch Peter Jones do some serious dragons den stuff.

[@vmwindustries]

What about using it to grow our telomeres, and increasing age length?

[@antoniofuller2331]

The person will instantly die if you mess with age related genes

[@romanhrobot9347]

longer telomers = more cancer

[@TheDeadSpeaking]

​@@romanhrobot9347 then find a cure for cancer with AI

[@Jokayne]

Too busy focusing on the plan search georgia guidestones

[@thedude6405]

@@romanhrobot9347 Not if you can inject yourself some nice whale genes.

[@Phearsum]

_"They will beg for death in those days, but death will flee from them."_

[@antoniofuller2331]

This doesn't apply here. What you're saying means people will be unable to physically kill themselves using anything at all

[@Phearsum]

@@antoniofuller2331 AI is intelligent enough to edit genes to the level of immortality, I'm sure. Maybe not currently, but very easily someday in the near future. At least at the rate it seems to advance.

[@antoniofuller2331]

@@Phearsum not possible, because something was put in place to prevent that. It's as if they knew we would eventually get to this level

[@carlyoung8657]

simmer down now.

[@Phearsum]

@@antoniofuller2331The LORD said : “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, _then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them."_ Genesis 11:6

[@loricrane5315]

Star trek technology comes true. Game changer !

[@Chad-bp3hm]

They can't even solve the automated phone system. I don't believe a word. They keep showing us stuff that we did 30 years ago.

[@nonstoprollie2810]

​@@Chad-bp3hmbecause of the secrecy act. Don't be a fool. There are people who have technology that would change the world overnight completely but are hiding it and keeping it secret for profit and control. They only roll out old tech when it becomes obsolete

[@nonstoprollie2810]

​@@Chad-bp3hmit's the secret act of hiding technology and information from the public and keeping the information completely cut out of society for profit and control. Been going on for over 100 years.

[@nonstoprollie2810]

​@@Chad-bp3hmit's called hiding the tech and lying to everyone about its existence so everyone thinks like a moron and doesn't know any different. People need to seriously wake up and stop being so delusional

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

If we get to pick which xmen we get to be, then i call dibs on wolverine

[@shadowmistress999]

it's 2000 dollars a month for pain tolerance and 3000 a month for self healing ability.... good news, subscribe two in a bundle for 4000 dollars!

[@Malkil75]

Why him? I’ll take Professor X

[@thewolfofswingthat2035]

hahaha modifying your DNA blindly is more likely to cause a certain organ to fail than grant you super powers

[@KingJ1397-v8q]

Lol you can’t get mind reading with dna editing maybe wolverine is possible

[@RogerMellie-yk3gw]

Sorry. Logan already took it

[@Joseph-nw3gw]

THE MD LADY IS WELL SPOKEN and evidently brilliant.....appreciate you maam. from kenya here

[@jefferee2002]

Really nice to see the level of professionalism and caring with these healthcare providers

[@DihelsonMendonca]

BBC refused to cover the successful SpaceX Starship flight on june 6, 2024. If it there hsve been an explosion, certainly it was here in all details. 💥💥💥👍

[@xingzhexin8843]

Ahh, so we can do real-life character customizations now! Great!

[@fredroissetter2807]

Just jaw dropping, thank you to the team for putting this together Fred of the Concept😮!

[@gibsonanyaegani3195]

How long is the treatment for cancer?

[@AndrzejLondyn]

What would be the side effects?

[@JeffreySmith7777]

Wow, really?? BBC must of forgot the Chinese research in CRISPER. And they already have CRISPER babies. Unbelievable. Absolutely wow.

[@dustinwarender8955]

Man, this is just all bad news.They're lying about everything all were the first to do this in england

[@michaelriggs325]

shut up chicom

[@azv343]

That last guy with the glasses should just say which illnesses could be cured damn it

[@zetabyte0076]

I totally liked it! That reporting was awesome. I loved to know in detail the advances in the AI field and its applications in the health area.

[@RayCh]

Have you heard of Theranos?

[@randomonlinename2941]

If bbc reads this, please can you do a section explaining how companies might try and almost scam you with the word ai in marketing

[@truetech4158]

Hi,my name has is eyelon musk, and I run it scambased a.i. but so does that billionaire mr bonesaw that deleted a journalist that putin high5'd, at a UN meeting.

[@morsmagne]

Why focus on something negative? Wouldn’t it be better to focus on something that people might benefit from?

[@happykitten5695]

there is a lot of positive and negative in the world but turning "our" heads/a blind eye to the negative will never help anything and or any ONE to be more positive. ALL is ONE Energy. Positive and negative. Balance is Key and LOVE is the Answer. GOD is LOVE ❤‍🔥🕊️

[@morsmagne]

@@happykitten5695 Why waste your time on negative things that you probably can’t do anything about? Wouldn’t your time be better spent focusing on positive things that can make a difference?

[@happykitten5695]

@@morsmagne if the "world" thought like "you" then the nazis would have "won" ww2. "how many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see?" bob dylan and "i" repeat... there is a lot of positive and negative in the world but turning "our" heads/a blind eye to the negative will never help anything and or any ONE to be more positive. ALL is ONE Energy. Positive and negative. Balance is Key and LOVE is the Answer. GOD is L❤‍🔥VE 🕊️

[@mrmrmrmrmr02]

Like the vx?

[@dangercat9188]

Technology can be scary sometimes 😶

[@alsaderi]

🐒🤡🤡🤡🦜💩🧠

[@doloreswatson6269]

You can do it without AI too. Misleading title

[@thehiddenretina]

Did anyone notice the guy interviewed from the company editing DNA is not real?? Like seriously, zoom in and look at the texture of his skin, or lack of it on his neck and hands... Could argue its a filter but also the way he moves like a GTA character, how he moves his hands, his mouth... Am i going crazy or is that CEO taking a piss at everyone?

[@markrichards636]

No thanks

[@cianlewis-hughes5172]

Every time I click on this it’s always about cancer, cancer is real bad yes I’ve had family members die from it but what about other diseases that’s out there as well getting no media attention ever? Seems to be easier to have cancer & get proper therapy than it is to have anything else? It’s sick that they play marta these so called specialist but what about ehlers danlos syndrome? A disease that you don’t produce healthy collagen you produce faulty collagen that doesn’t support your body & fact is collagen is the most important thing for your body it’s like having a car with no petrol or diesel it wouldn’t work. It would be nice to see eds getting media attention as well as cancer all should be getting the same media attention really pisses me off

[@boeingpameesha9550]

My sincere thanks for sharing it.

[@SANN-1969]

Shapes the model, edsigns function to forms or form to functions

[@Annie-cv6rr]

It sounds like you have a lot of knowledge and experience in this field.

[@MG-iy1oh]

just like the Certificate Of Vx ID 1-9 (A-I)

[@iancoles1349]

Its happend before. Ware do u think we came from monkeys 😂😂😂😂😂

[@johndrake3472]

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions - we shouldn't get started with this.

[@MohamudAbdullahi-o5f]

Lots of respect

[@RhyxMan]

Thats mike from breaking bad tho😂

[@YoutubeWatcher264]

Redesign dna. What could go wrong.

[@osagioduwaagbonifo]

This is incredible

[@ianjeanelliott2083]

It is an abomination.

[@DeeneMuada]

aging needs to be treated as a disease

[@andrewsheehy2441]

This is absolutely horrifying and should be banned.

[@zulunet3285]

Why.

[@AdorianDelmore]

Why think about people with cerebral palsy , autism, blindness, so much can be fixed with this in the future.

[@MoistyCheeseCake]

@@AdorianDelmore i have CP MRI scans Have EM radiation Which can cause aneurysms, we should not be messing with stuff like this and defo shouldn't let A.I get invoked

[@smartduck904]

​@@zulunet3285because it could help people

[@Iloveuallppl]

When put into practice and cost?

[@cleitonstives]

How was the background music synchronized with the video scenes?

[@AndrzejLondyn]

I'm an amputee, my partner is paralyzed. We live in East London Newham, we don't have any medical or social care...

[@rickybloss8537]

This just in gun shooting AI has the ability to shoot guns, suggested by researchers. Truly ground breaking news.

[@TheFunnyChannel25]

Old news, Annunaki Ancient Civilization has done plenty of gene modification

[@DanteRodriguez.]

I need that receding hairline gene fixed asap ✂️

[@RescueDog-369]

good

[@icefirek2666]

23:00 Shortcutting evolution with AI, this is powerful.

[@eastafrika728]

But modify DNA to what when you still have to use DNA material to do that? It's just a stupid endeavor.

[@FullMetalNobody]

Very interesting. Does the AI have the ability to alert if it sees something questionable while viewing and treating. Dr's may misread or just miss stuff ?

[@rafaelcretu6449]

Patient confidentiality went right out the window with this one ehh NHS 😂😂😂 Showing a patients MRI but forgetting to blur their name and face off 👀

[@tossancuyota7848]

cool shortcutting evolution gar DARPA is pleased to hear that please continue

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

We will rely on it in The future and jobs will be lost and experts gone and we won’t know how it all works

[@Hydrobroh20]

Amazing technology! This is going to save so many lives! Ai technology can be quite scary but in the medical field, I feel it's going to skyrocket our lifespan moving forward.

[@VocalChainsStudio]

“More spending does not necessarily deliver better outcomes” Oh really? Here in America health company CEOs are buying more yachts than ever. Their outcome looks pretty good.

[@vyr-mk1dz]

One day, the sifaka lemur and human will be spliced together to create a new species lol😂

[@bishnubhattarai3682]

Glad to learn about the new way of treatment .

[@generector8583]

It is fantastic but how much does it cost each person. Can anyone afford it?

[@eishua]

If cancer meds are 4k a month then how much to genetically edit out cancer? Why isn’t medicine free like vaccines??? If governments truly care about our health. Don’t we pay enough taxes??? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@lewislam5773]

So X-men era is coming???

[@AdorianDelmore]

It's more like design your own bodies. Like different hair colors maby, or more muscles Like making a game avatar.

[@keshi5541]

more like Gattica

[@DeathDealerX07]

I'm all for being superhuman. It's actually one of the main things I've been waiting for with AI research.

[@enemarius]

It was like yesterday that we discovered fire... is anyone else also amazed at the exponential progress that is being made by some hairless apes?

[@MoistyCheeseCake]

This is so wrong on many levels

[@kudomos925]

Over 7 Million British await medical treatment, assuming that they don't have Private Health cover?

[@sashogs]

This is where AI excels, much better than humans or even programs built by humans. AI is not new, the old Xbox Kinect algorithm was created using similar technology. Humans can’t write programs where the complexity goes into the realms of chaos. AI created algorithms and imagery will help in so many ways!

[@mastermedicalterms]

AI will solve aging

[@princefranklinemwase9032]

we have so much power

[@MohamudAbdullahi-o5f]

Thanks BBC am with you

[@tristanlim-mz3zy]

It will come i promise you. Just be patient.

[@LURLINE_]

i like my body but i think i would strike more fear with ram horns, a pointed tail, and bright red skin

[@GrandSchemes]

Amazing❗️ & Absolutely Horrifying‼️ I just can’t help contemplating deeply about all the areas this can & will be used. Bye the way… that was a proper news story 🎉 You fully went into it in a way that is understandable to most on a complex topic❗️

[@İbrahimBal-g2p]

Could Gene Editing Technology be a solution for clinefertel syndrome (47 xxy)?

[@LYJManchesterUnited]

How is that A.I isn't it just real life imaging + radiation but nonetheless its amazing and well done

[@Lord_Juvens]

I love how we ask for human supervisors for AI's with specific tasks they spend hundreds of thousands of hours training on. It's like asking a monkey to supervise a surgeon, makes me chuckle every time a bit.

[@General_Alek]

for god sake, be careful how much you develop AI

[@otisoppenheimer1849]

Wait let them cook

[@lifewriter7455]

AI is already developing itself... 😎

[@phemelophefo2439]

The gene has left the bottle.

[@General_Alek]

@@phemelophefo2439 oh no

[@maragia2009]

It is helping people who are suffering for god sake. Stop behaving like a cancer.

[@Ashishgill824]

Here we go

[@じある]

exactly... it never ends well

[@This-Is-The-End]

Here we go!

[@isatousarr7044]

AI-driven gene editing tools have immense potential to modify human DNA, paving the way for groundbreaking medical advances. However, ethical considerations and safety are paramount. Exciting times ahead! 🧬🤖 #GeneEditing #AI #Biotech......

[@DeeperThinkingCommonSenseTv.]

When you have something that just has been discovered or created You take many precautions before presenting that creation or discovery or information out to the masses You wanna test and research every single aspect of it top to bottom throughly for years,for so many hazardous and health and protective reasons,making sure it's safe or works and how long it last or survive it's durability or stability You go about it depending on what your dealing with. So in this case this is a very,very sensitive study. It also depends on if you dealing with a discovery of something or mixing and making potions playing with chemicals or such So on and so on 🧐

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@ianjeanelliott2083]

Pure bloods 🎉

[@AdamD-q6c]

me too without yabs

[@sebbulon7303]

👌

[@CindySorenson-r4m]

Real laws with teeth & public over-site to prevent medical procedure & drug corruption all throughout their industries with real enforceable fast tracked & costly penalties if violated, including, but not limited to denying them any form of financial funding & banking resources at all of your financial institutions. This is what's truly required to get your country's medical procedures back up to speed & drug costs down again. Heavy government regulation always equates to costly middle men, and much higher overhead costs, which thus equates into way higher medical procedures & prescription costs passed on to the patients. What's wiser, being a real hard *** leader on medical & drug companies, or slowly allowing them to bleed your country dry & eventually bankrupting your nation for every cent you have & force future generation to be enslaved at birth for your debts & your sin for not having put a full stop to the nation's bloodletting issue decades ago. This new generation must not repeat our mistakes, else surely face losing the last bit of their true freedoms, killing generational wealth in their country forever & their entire middle class with it. To me this question of what to do is a no-brainer! How about you? What say you?

[@maggintons]

I was happy about this until they started making a case for limiting regulations in AI for the sake of innovation...

[@gibsonanyaegani3195]

Can the people vaccinated against HIV produce antibodies that neutralize HIV in vivo or situ?

[@gibsonanyaegani3195]

Fantastic news on medical grounds for cancer treatment.

[@AltruisticTimmerrr23]

Yes... Yes .. all positive comments. No manipulation here..

[@gerryk101]

They should use AI developed in a way to bridge nerve endings in the spinal cord that will deliver signal through it to the regions needed to gain mobility . Instead of stem cells , create AI that builds and bridge in organic form so that through direct injection or surgery applied directly at the area of trauma. Let AI grow and learn where to direct as the brain signals try to divert to regions of the body through thought process and rehabilitation exercise training. Just get a new bridge point established in the nerve receiving signal . If a bridge connection can be made for the brain signal to pass through the body will reroute and adapt with training .

[@ayeshaperera6631]

i feel like , we are living in a SCI-FI tv series world . in its very first episodes think 2020s gonna be a revolutionary decade

[@Humbledandelion]

Are we really giving AI the power to edit our genome???? THIS SOOO STUPID!!

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

What instrument was used for this situation? Is this what it means to be alive? 😂

[@danielshehta7831]

It’s weird AI vs enhanced humans will build a even better version of AI so we wil always have the upper hand vs the machines

[@BetsyRoss76]

No thank you.

[@michaeljackson3739]

This type of AI to track a spot in the body existed 20 years ago! the new AI is a different thing. read your lessons before making a program!

[@gibsonanyaegani3195]

What can you say about HIV vaccines. Can AI technology be used to make the vaccines?

[@JohnMwangi-jv3pp]

Haha

[@ghostape]

we have had the power to do this for a long time. mind over matter, simple.

[@bernob9770]

WOW, AI is the future.

[@ahmethakanalincak243]

Artificial Intelligence will have lots of impacts through lifetime.

[@bazooza]

1:14 Prigojin, I knew you've survived